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Add MS 5272
- Record Id:
- 032-003948593
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003948593
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100124763374.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165005970.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5272
- Title:
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Drawings of amphibians and reptiles by Eleazar Albin and others
- Scope & Content:
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Drawings of reptiles and amphibians executed in a variety of techniques, primarily watercolour, pencil, ink and chalk. The only exceptions are items 21 and 60, which are etchings. Various drawings bear inscriptions in English, some of which are abbreviated cross-references to James Petiver's Gazophylacium Naturae et Artis (1702-11).
Summary description of contents:
1-9. Watercolours of turtles.
10. Pen and ink drawing of an Indian bat with measurements, signed by Robert Hooke and dated 25 May 1699.
12. Watercolour of frogs, signed by Eleazar Albin and dated 1712.
14. Watercolour of a frog in four positions, perhaps an exact copy after Jacques II de Gheyn's drawing with the same subject in the Rijksmuseum (RP-T-1898-A-4036).
16-28. Pencil and watercolour drawings of various reptiles, among which item 19 is signed 'H. B. fe[cit]' (possibly the Dutch artist Anton Henstenburg). Item 20 is a watercolour of a lizard and butterfly by George Edwards. The wings of the butterfly include scales removed from the insect, then transferred onto paper and coated with a thin layer of glue.
21. Etching printed à la poupée of a lizard, by Johannes Teyler. Another impression is in the British Museum (1871,1209.5176).
29-50. Pencil and watercolour drawings of lizards and other reptiles.
51-59. Drawings of various snakes.
60. Etching of parts of the skeleton of a snake.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Sloane Collection - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003948593
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003948593
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (60 items)
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100165005970.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1740
- Date Range:
- Early 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
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Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 530 x 370 mm.
Material: paper, parchment.
Medium: red chalk, watercolour, gouache, pencil, ink, etching.
Binding: British Museum.
Foliation: 60 numbered items pasted over 42 folios. The rest of the manuscript is blank.
- Custodial History:
- The manuscripts of Sir Hans Sloane were purchased at his death from his executors by the Act of Parliament which established the British Museum in 1753.
- Former External References:
- XLIV.A
- Source of Acquisition:
- The Sloane Manuscripts were held by the British Museum Department of Manuscripts until 1973 after which they were transferred to the British Library.
- Finding Aids:
- Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts, vol. 21 (1832), available in the Manuscripts Reading Room, where the volume is described as: 'Drawings of Amphibious Animals, and Reptiles, in Colors, by Edwards, Albin, G. H. B. and others (60 Drawings only.) Large Folio.'
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)